hypersongs

Foggy Mountain Jamboree

Their first LP: twelve sides cut between 1951 and 1955, with Flint Hill Special and Earl's Breakdown.
Flatt and Scruggs, 1957

Foggy Mountain Jamboree was produced by Don Law and gathers sessions recorded between May 9, 1951 and September 2, 1955. Wikipedia gives its length as 27:34 although the track times add up to about 30:35. The listed players are Flatt and Scruggs, guests Chet Atkins on rhythm guitar and the fiddlers Howdy Forrester, Benny Martin and Chubby Wise, band members Ray Edenton, Louis Innis and Jack Shook on rhythm guitar, Josh Graves on Dobro, Everett Lilly and Curly Seckler on mandolin, Paul Warren on fiddle and Ernie Newton, Jody Rainwater, Jake Tullock and Howard Watts on bass; per-track personnel is not given.

AllMusic gave it four and a half stars, and it entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012. A CD reissue came from Columbia and Legacy in 2005.

Track listing

  1. Flint Hill Special2:47
  2. Some Old Day2:29
  3. Earl's Breakdown3:01
  4. Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy2:42
  5. Foggy Mountain Special2:03
  6. It Won't Be Long2:31
  7. Shuckin' the Corn2:02
  8. Blue Ridge Cabin Home2:55
  9. Randy Lynn Rag2:03
  10. Your Love Is Like a Flower2:53
  11. Foggy Mountain Chimes2:16
  12. Reunion in Heaven2:53

Sources

  1. Foggy Mountain Jamboree, Wikipedia
  2. Foggy Mountain Boys, New World Encyclopedia